Luna
Luna is the Roman moon - the body in the sky and the goddess of it, one of the oldest Roman deities and counted by Varro among the select gods. Her temple stood on the Aventine, and her month and her phases shaped the calendar: the Kalends was originally the new moon and the Ides the full.
Luna and Selene are one goddess only after the Greek identification, and the identification is ancient; the chariot, the horns, the lovers and the triple-goddess reading are Greek or later. What is Roman is the moon as a civic measure - the calendar, the Aventine temple, the plain name of the body itself. The founding date of the Aventine temple is not securely recorded.
Correspondences
- Planetary Correspondence
- Moon
Offerings
- Offerings
- MilkHoneyWhite flowersSilverWater
Sacred timing
Symbols and forms
- Alternate Names
- The MoonThe Shining One
- Gender Expression
- Feminine
- Titles
- The MoonLady of the Night SkyThe Silver ChariotMistress of the TidesThe Shining One
- Symbols
- CrescentChariotMirrorTorchLunula
Practice
- Invocation Approach
- ToneQuiet luminousAddressLunaLady of the Night SkyThe Shining OneRelationshipThe tide that marks time for youWarningShe is the month and the month does not waitResonanceThose keeping a calendar those working at night
- Modern Practice
Luna is called on at the new moon to begin and at the full to complete, for the calendar of a working, and for the night side of a life. Her practice is timing: to know the phase before the act.
Nature and meaning
- Domain
- The moonThe nightThe monthThe calendarTidesThe lunar cycleWomen
- Mythology Summary
Luna is the Roman moon - the body in the sky and the goddess of it, one of the oldest Roman deities and counted by Varro among the select gods. Her temple stood on the Aventine, and her month and her phases shaped the calendar: the Kalends was originally the new moon and the Ides the full. Later Roman writers gave her the chariot, the horns and the Greek name Selene, and the poets' Luna is largely the Greek moon-goddess in Latin dress.
Details
- Correspondences
- ColorsSilverWhitePale blueScentsJasmineSandalwoodMetalsSilverAnimalsHorseHare
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